Land North East And South Of 161 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent Data via plota.co.uk

26/01662/RD - Reserved Details Registered

Proposal

Details of condition 9 (CEMP) pursuant to planning permission Outline Application: All matters reserved except for access for the erection of up to 52 residential dwellings, including affordable housing, open space and landscaping, roads, parking, drainage and earthworks. New access to be formed from Wateringbury Road… Data via plota.co.uk

Track application Save this application and get an email when its status or decision changes. Alerts nearby Get email alerts for new planning applications near this address.

View original council record ↗Last checked 13 Sept 2026, 06:24

Application progress

✓

Received

8 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

9 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 3 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 3 Nov 2026. Comments are open until 30 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 4

Statements & assessments 1

PDF ECOLOGICAL CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Other · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Tonbridge - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Nearby new applications

20 Aug 2026Pending

The Woodman Sweets Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JF

Details of Conditions 6 (Invasive Species Method Statement) 7 (Updated Ecologica...

26/01563/RD

11 Aug 2026Pending

Land North East And South Of 161 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent

Details of Reserved Matters for the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale wi...

26/01499/RM

13 Aug 2026Pending

Land North East And South Of 161 Wateringbury Road East Malling West Malling Kent

Details of Condition 10 (Arboricultural Method Statement) submitted pursuant to ...

26/01516/RD

28 Jul 2026Pending

12 Chapel Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AP

Erection of a single storey outbuilding

26/01420/FL

27 Jul 2026Pending

5 Sweets Lane East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6JF

Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Extension to existing driveway and erec...

26/01406/LDP

17 Jul 2026Approved

12 Chapel Street East Malling West Malling Kent ME19 6AP

1 x Copper Beach - Reduce crown by a maximum of 15%. Removal of any dead branche...

26/01345/TNCA

Important details

Council: Tonbridge
Application type: Reserved Details
Received: 8 Sept 2026
Validated: 8 Sept 2026
Ward: East Malling West Malling And Offham
Parish: East Malling And Larkfield
Target decision: 3 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15207390
Consultation: 9 Sept 2026
Comments by: 30 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 3 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

Tonbridge

Planning Authority Score

4/10

Below average

#193 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

Tonbridge is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #244 out of 296. 54% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (97%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Tonbridge decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

95%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #31 of 296

97%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #45 of 296

49%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #244 of 296

54%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #246 of 296

88%

Minor dwellings approved

96 decided (1-9 homes)

82%

Major dwellings approved

11 decided (10+ homes)

89%

Change of use approved

9 decided

880

Total decisions

47 refused in the year to March 2026